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Girls Who Code robotics session @ BlackRock

Girls Who Code Robotics

Girls Who Code robotics session @ BlackRock SF

Hardware Info

• Kit: Elegoo Arudiono Starter Kit
• Board: Arduino Uno R3
• Communication Port: COM3 (Arduino/Genuino Uno)
• IDE Version: Arduino 1.8.8

Before We Start

• Verify the board is properly connected to the Arduino IDE

  • Connect the board to a USB port on your laptop
  • Open the Arduino IDE
  • Go to Tools -> Board -> Select "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
  • Go to Tools -> Port -> Select "COM3 (Arduino/Genuino Uno)"
  • Go to Tools -> Get Board Info and it should print out some basic info of the board
  • Press Ctrl + Shift + m to open the serial monitor and make sure baud rate = 96000

• Breadboard Basics
  

• Resistor Value Chart .
  

Exercises

Please refer to the English docs from here

• Basics: Lesson 2,3
• Inputs: Lesson 5, 6
• Sensors: Lesson 10, 11,
• Remote Control: Lesson 13
• LCD: Lesson 14 (NameTag)
• Effient Layout using Shift Register and Mux: Lesson 16
• Serial Monitor Control: (hand in hand with Lesson #16) Lesson 17
• Step Motor Controlled With Remote: Lesson 23, 24

Assignments

• Lesson 2
  • Double blink frequency after each 5 blinks
  • Example, first 5 blinks are each 1 second apart, and on the second round, blinks would be 2 seconds apart from each other
• Lesson 3
  • Calculate current value (Ohm's law), power value (Watt's law) and understand why higher resistor value would make LED dimmer
  • modify wiring + program to make LED blink
• Lesson 5
  • Turn LED on and off but use only one button as opposed to two
• Lesson 6
  • make a car horn - press button to honk and press again to stop (hint: assignement #5)
• Lesson 10
  • make the built-in LED blink faster when the ultrasonic sensor detects object (e.g.hands) approaching
• Lesson 11
  • (assignment is combined with lesson #14)
• Lesson 13
  • Wire in 4 LEDs, each corresponding to DOWN, UP, FAST BACK, FAST FORWARD respectively on the remote controller. Pressing a button would result in 1 LED turned on
• Lesson 14
  • Display temperature and humidity values on the LCD